Voice replacement for the severely speech impaired through sub-ultrasonic excitation of the vocal tract

Post-laryngectomized and speech impaired patients lose the ability to create natural pitch, and therefore seek methods to provide replacement voicing for their speech. Non-invasive pitch generation can be accomplished by coupling an artificial pitch into the vocal tract (as in the electrolarynx). Ho...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ahmadi, Farzaneh
Other Authors: Ian Vince McLoughlin
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52661